[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR173.228]

[Page 585-586]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
   CHAPTER I--PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, 
                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 173_SHIPPERS_GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR SHIPMENTS AND PACKAGINGS--
 
Subpart E_Non-bulk Packaging for Hazardous Materials Other Than Class 1 
                               and Class 7
 
Sec.  173.228  Bromine pentafluoride or bromine trifluoride.

    (a) Bromine pentafluoride and bromine trifluoride are authorized in 
packagings as follows:
    (1) Specification 3A150, 3AA150, 3B240, 3BN150, 4B240, 4BA240, 
4BW240, and 3E1800 cylinders.
    (2) UN cylinders as specified in part 178 of this subchapter, except 
acetylene cylinders and non-refillable cylinders, with a minimum test 
pressure of 10 bar and a minimum outage of 8 percent by volume. The use 
of UN tubes and MEGCs is not authorized.
    (3) The use of a pressure relief device is not authorized.
    (b) A material in Hazard Zone A must be transported in a seamless 
specification cylinder conforming to the requirements of Sec.  173.40. 
However, a welded cylinder filled before October 1, 2002, in accordance 
with the requirements of this subchapter in effect at the time of

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filling, may be transported for reprocessing or disposal of the 
cylinder's contents until December 31, 2003. No cylinder may be equipped 
with a pressure relief device.

[67 FR 51643, Aug. 8, 2002, as amended at 67 FR 61289, Sept. 30, 2002; 
68 FR 24660, May 8, 2003, as amended at 71 FR 33881, June 12, 2006]